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ALABAMA ANTHROPOLOGICAL SOCIETY 

Montgomerj^. 

THIRTEENTH ANNIVERSARY 
^21 MEETING 

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opv 1 Maj) 13, iqcici 

Fusihatchi Country Club, May 11, iqaa 
6:30 p. m. 

Presenting an Historical Pageant and Feast 
in me Indian Country 

Scenes at FusiKatchi, 1775 




Glass Trade Bottle (61'^ in diam.) 
Found at HuitK-le-wali 



BARTRAM AT FUSIHATCHI 






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An Historical Pageant 

Story, adapted from the original of Mr. Bartram' 
of his travels, by Peter A. Brannon. 

Scenario, by Mr. Brannon. 

Directed, by J. Haygood Paterson. 

Produced, by the Alabama Anthropological Society. 

Decorations, by Mr. Paterson. 

Managed, by E. M. Graves. 

Time, December 1775. 

Place, Fusihatchi, an Indian town in the present Elmore County, 
Alabama, and on the Tallapoosa River, 13 miles east 
of the city of Montgomery. 
CAST 

Mr. Wiilliam Bartram J. Haygood Paterson 

Mustee, his Indian guide Lewy Dorman 

Ola, a Muklassi girl Mrs. Lewy Dorman 

Wolf King, Chief of Muklassi, J. L. Bishop 

George MacDonald, young trader 
at Muklassi, holding a sub-li- 
cense under Mr. Germany 

Ottasse, a Muklassi woman, his 
wife 

Mr. James Germany, an aged 
Scotch trader of Kulumi and 
Fusihatchi 

Otala, a Creek woman, his wife 

Lucy, his daughter, 15 years 

Sam, his son, 10 years 

Vica, his daughter, 8 years 

Tony, his son, 5 years . 

Sambuli, Chief of Fusihfltlhi, 



Sam Englehardt 
Mrs. Sam Englehardt 



Peter A. Brannon 
Mrs. Peter A. Brannon 
Carolyn Brannon 
Stephen Brannon 
Dorothy Edwards 
Thomas H. Edwards, Jr. 
Allen McNeel 



Malachtay, Chief of Hv-it^Je-wali T. H. Edwards 



Tustanugga, Chief of Sawanogi 
Nukuse, of Kulumi 
Emautle, of Fusihatchi 
Chinabee, of Muklassi 
The traveler from Georgia 
Indian men: Tame King, Mad 

Boy, Path Killer, Little War 

rior 
Indian Women: Ika, Peggy, Su- Mrs. W. M. Marks, Mrs J 



H. B. Battle 

W. W. Brame 

J. C. Oswalt 

C. R. Jones 

George Graff 

J. Y. Brame, R. B. Burnham, 

P. H. Smyth, R. Eagerton 



sannah, Sechy, Pinkey 



Indian Children: 
Joe 



Ria, Paddy 



Y. Brame, Mrs. P. H. Smyth, 
Mrs. George Graff, Mrs. P. 
S. Mertins 

Carolyn Brame, Alex Marks, 
Sam Englehardt, Jr. 



THE STORY 

Mr. William Bartram, the celebrated naturalist on his way 
to Philadelphia, from a trip of discovery through the Indian 
country and to the Gulf Coast, stopped for a two days' visit 
to his friend, M^. James Germany, the Scotch trader at Fusi- 
hatchi. Mr. Bartram has been accompanied from Mobile to 
Fusihatchi by a young Mustee Indian, who on the night of 
his arrival at M'uklassi, is married to a young Indian woman 
of that town, the daughter of the Chief, Wolf King. 

The young Indian and his bride are guests with Mr. Bar- 
tram, and a number of the people of Muklassi, Kulumi, Huith- 
le-wali and Fusihatchi, at Mr. Germany's trading house, on 
the Upper side of the Tallapoosa River, in the Fusihatchi 
town. (Mr. Germany has trading houses both at Kulumi and 
Fusihatchi). 

Mr. Germany gives a feast in honor of the occasion. The 
festivities are interrupted by the arrival of a young man on 
horseback, who proves to be the sole survivor of a party of 
pioneers from Georgia who had been massacreed by a hostile 
party of Choctaw Indians on the previous night, at Murder 
Creek. 

The young man is kindly received and tells of the horrors 
through which he has passed. He is invited to participate, 
and the festivities continue well through, the night. 

(The Fusihatchi country club is located on the site of the 
aboriginal town of that name. Mr. Germany's storehouse 
was near the square of the town, the stream running to 
the left of the actual spot on which these festivities are 
held, still retams the aboriginal name, and practically all 
of the events connected with this entire occasion are his- 
torical. The name Fusihatchi signifies "bird creek." The 
actual date ^ of the events which took place here, and at 
Kulumi, were in December 1775. The pipes used by the 
men are all from Indian town sites on the Tallapoosa 
River. The beads and most of the objects used in the deco- 
rations have been secured along the same river). 



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COMMITTEES 

(The arrangements of the entire details for the evening's 
entertainment are under the supervision of the General Com- 
mittee.) 
General Committee'. Thomas H. Edwards, Chairman, 

Allen M. McNeel, 

R. B. Burnham. 
Decorations Commit- Haygood Paterson, Chairman, 
tee: W. W. Brame, 

F. S. Holt. 
Costume Committee: E. M. Graves, Chairman, 

P. S. Mertins, 

P. A. Brannon. 
Transportation Com- W. M. Marks, Chairman, 
mittee: OUie Humphrey, 

Vernon Merritt, 

B. W. Walker, 

F. S. Holt. 

E. M. Graves, Chairman, 

H. P. Tresslar, 

B. W. Walker. 
Reception Committee Mrs. E. M. Graves, Chairman, 
for Ladies: Mrs. J. Haygood Paterson, 

Mrs. Thos. H. Edwards, 

Mrs. E. W. Stay. 
Program and Ticket H. B. Battle, Chairman, 
Committee: J. B. Hearin, 

J. P. Bibb. 



Reception Committt 
at Club: 



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